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The August 2019 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $900
2 x 1.5cm, 3 x 2cm, 1 x 3.5cm, Very lightly scuffed wax capsules.
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95+JG
"One of the most heart-warming things to happen in the last couple of years in Sancerre is the return of Edmond Vatanâs daughter, Anne Vatan, to assist her father with the winemaking at this iconic Chavignol estate. I believe that the 2008 vintage was the first that father and daughter made together, but it may have been the 2007. In any case, the 2008 is a beautiful bottle in the making. There is a dramatic stylistic difference between the very ripe and powerful 2009 Vatan Sancerre and the absolutely classic 2008, which weighs in at a very traditional 13.5 percent alcohol, rather than the 15 percent of the 2009. The nose on the 2008 Clos la NĂ©ore is brilliant, as it offers up a youthfully reserved mĂ©lange of lime, fresh mint, green apples, kaleidoscopic minerality, orange blossoms and fresh almonds. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, nascently complex and quite snappy, with a rock solid core, brilliant transparency, brisk acids and laser-like focus and cut on the very, very long, very youthful finish. A great, great vintage of the Vatan Sancerre."
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"One of the most heart-warming things to happen in the last couple of years in Sancerre is the return of Edmond Vatanâs daughter, Anne Vatan, to assist her father with the winemaking at this iconic Chavignol estate. I believe that the 2008 vintage was the first that father and daughter made together, but it may have been the 2007. In any case, the 2008 is a beautiful bottle in the making. There is a dramatic stylistic difference between the very ripe and powerful 2009 Vatan Sancerre and the absolutely classic 2008, which weighs in at a very traditional 13.5 percent alcohol, rather than the 15 percent of the 2009. The nose on the 2008 Clos la NĂ©ore is brilliant, as it offers up a youthfully reserved mĂ©lange of lime, fresh mint, green apples, kaleidoscopic minerality, orange blossoms and fresh almonds. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, nascently complex and quite snappy, with a rock solid core, brilliant transparency, brisk acids and laser-like focus and cut on the very, very long, very youthful finish. A great, great vintage of the Vatan Sancerre."
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